All the Romance You Need This Christmas by Lynn Marie Hulsman

All the Romance You Need This Christmas by Lynn Marie Hulsman

Author:Lynn Marie Hulsman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008125943
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-11-05T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter 9

“You look like hell. Anyone else tell you that yet today?” Dominic popped the top off a beer bottle and handed it to Christian.

It was after lunch and they were stretched out on the sofas in Christian’s trailer waiting to be called to set for their big duel scene. Christian would do his own stunts, and Dom would stand in for the movie’s arch villain, a classically trained British actor who fenced but baulked at their more rough-and-tumble style of sword-fighting.

“Only you. Everyone else tells me I’m gorgeous.”

“It’s my pleasure. That’s what friends are for.”

Christian swigged from the bottle. “I haven’t been sleeping well lately.” More accurately, he hadn’t been sleeping at all.

Every time he closed his eyes, he dreamed of long pale legs wrapped around him, and the only way to take the edge off the thrum in his blood so he could sleep was to hit the gym.

He wasn’t sure when this had changed from being a punishment for her to being a torment for him.

Perhaps it had been trusting her with more of himself than he’d shown anyone in years. Or that moment beside the river when he’d caught a glimpse of vulnerability beneath her perfect façade.

Or perhaps it had been every day since, when she’d acted as if that night had never happened. She’d gone back to being distant and professional. He’d gone back to being a pain-in-the-ass movie star.

“Can I ask you something – do you think I’m a good actor?”

Dominic opened another bottle for himself and took a long swig. “As long as I’m working on your pictures, you’re the best.”

“I’m being serious. The studio wants to sign me up for another project. Want to guess what it is?”

Dominic rubbed his chin as he pretended to think. “Blockbuster superhero movie part twenty-seven?”

“Bingo! As if that hasn’t been done before.” Christian sighed. “Don’t you sometimes feel as if we’re just making the same movie over and over again?”

His friend shrugged. “They are all the same, but what does it matter? The box office loves you, the studios love you. We’re living well off these movies.”

“But five years from now, the fans won’t even remember the name of this movie.”

“Five years from now I won’t even remember the name of this movie.”

“If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all?”

“Sure.” Dominic set his feet up on the coffee table. “What’s got into you?”

“Nothing.”

“How long has it been since you got laid?”

So long Christian had to think hard to remember. Certainly not since he’d met Teresa, in spite of the dates he’d asked her to set up for him. He wasn’t the kind of guy who could make love to one woman while thinking of another. And Teresa had taken to occupying way more time in his thoughts than he was willing to give.

Dominic laughed at his hesitation. “Good on Nina for making you work for it. You’re getting way too used to clicking your fingers and having everyone come running.”

“Not Nina.” Christian clamped his mouth shut, but not before Dom’s eyebrows shot upwards.



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